Well Within Sight:
The church building is going smoothly, the church laborers have been busy, and the Building is now Taking Shape and Defining its self. We thank the Lord for the Covid -19 Virus. It has been a blessing to us in ways. Many of those working on the church building are folks who are to be in school, teaching school, or in college for additional schooling. All of the Rod irons have been covered over with cement. That means all of the Columns, the Beams, the Door and Window Lintels, the Ring Beams, the Stairs, and the 2ndfloor have been poured. Hallelujah!!! That phase is done! What is next to be worked on are: The Roofing, Trusses and Slate Sheets; the putting up of the Walls; the Circuit Box and Breakers, the Conduit and Electrical Wires to be put up and to be ran; the pouring of the Auditorium Floor; the putting on and up of the Doors and the Windows; and the Final Smoothing of all the Cement Work of the Whole Building inside and outside, Floors and the Stairs; the putting up of inside Ceilings, and the installing of the Fans, the Lighting, and the Plug Outlets. The Building fund Goal for CBBC's building is at $19,363.87. That is 95.419% of our Goal of $20,000.OUR GOAL IS WELL WITHIN SIGHT!!! In July and August we had 6 more give towards our Goal for CBBC's Building Project. THANK YOU Calvary Bible, Crusade Baptist, the Anonymous, Cornerstone Sunday School class and couple, the man of outside donation, and First Freedom. TO REACH OUR GOAL OF $20,000 WE ONLY NEED $916.00!!! In our March Newsletter I asked for help to start a building fund for CBBC, our first church plant and we have come this close already let's smash this Projected Goal!!! We post on Facebook and our blog page at: siekbertnewsletter.blogspot.com
Anaji Bible Study Witness:
About a year ago my wife, my boys Joseph and Nehemiah, and myself were visiting and I went to an Architect's office and was speaking to the Architect about Christ and invited him to our Bible Study in Anaji, the town where we have lived for the last 16 years. With encouraging and promising words, but empty words, he did not come which is usual hospitality. That day when I was talking to the Architect his co-worker was sitting on the other side of the office listening. A year passed since that day of my visit and a young man by the name of Emmanuel came to our Bible Studies one Sunday morning and said, "I want to become a member." So I started having some special classes on Membership/Baptism that start with teaching on Salvation. After 2 weeks of these classes he realized that trusting in his works would not justify him and get him to heaven but a promised eternity in Hell. Emmanuel on August 4th in my special class for him, Bro Koasi and I led Emmanuel to the Lord Jesus Christ. Emmanuel has been coming to every service since on Sundays and on Wednesday evening. Also I am continuing with our membership/Baptism classes with him on Thursdays and he has started with our New Testament Survey I Classes we have started on every Tuesday night at 5 pm. Emmanuel was that man in the Architect's office on the other side of the room. Be faithful in giving out the Gospel message, witnessing for Christ you do not know just where all the Gospel Seed is falling! Pray for us as I was just told by the owners last week, who we rent our ABS room from, that they will not be renewing our lease which is due October 1st. We pray that we will find the right place to rent. With many things going on for the Glory of God the Devil is upset and stirring the pot! We are having kids come Sunday morning and 2 to 3 adults come plus my family. ABS's church services and times of 2 hours instead of 1 hour have resumed since mid-July.
Bits Of Bread:
NOT ASKED & NOT PUBLISHED, BUT GOD!Finishing up this Newsletter I would like to give a personal/inside testimony. Our son Matthew J Siekbert Jr and Sarah L Crozier are getting married September 26, 2020. Matthew and Sarah received Christ as youngsters and met at PCC. They have been engaged since December 25, 2019. We have always planned to be at their wedding not only because it is a special day for them, but as parents it is special day to us. We have not publically asked or published this need of Traveling from and back to Ghana, BUT GOD who knows our yearning hearts desire and private beseeching in prayer marvelously had some sensitive souls help pay for our family's whirlwind traveling expenses, removed the traveling ban in because of COVID 19, opened up the airports in Ghana W Africa on September 1st. God blessed us with Matthew 21 years ago. Matthew Received Christ as his Savior just after we arrived on the mission field of Ghana W Africa. Matthew has always yielded to his authority, the Lord, his parents, and his church; he has served willingly on the mission field with us as a son and as a man taking responsibilities many his age as a teenager would not even imagined like going with us to a public school regularly, me, his Dad and the pastors I've brought up taking a class of 80 to 100 or more students and teaching them of Christ and the Gospel, leading some to the Lord; he has honored God, he has honored us his parents, he has honored the process and the counsel. Now he is going into an honorablemarriage that we his parents are proud and honored to be at. Please be in prayer for this couple!!!
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." – I Peter 5:7
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